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A little frustrated right now. I had a couple parents drop off sick kids Monday. Both said they were sick over the weekend and miraculously fine and no longer contagious but just not eating or drinking much. Both of them I called to have them picked up because they were CLEARLY not ok.
One said that she would have her mom watch him the following day while leaving which was great. She should have done that to begin with but I was just glad to not have the argument.
The other said that she had her 13 month check up Tuesday afternoon (which she scheduled because I was only open a half day for my kid's own wellness check ups). So she would see how she was in the morning and let me know if she would be ok to bring. Neither gave me a hard time about actually picking them up sick. Neither child was running a fever at any point but they were both lathargic, not eating or drinking and wanted to sleep. If they were awake the just wanted to be held and was nearly hysterical if they were not being held.
I should have told her not to bring her at all but I figured there was absolutely no way that she was going to have made that big of a turn around and be feeling good enough just by the look of her. I figured mom would realize the loss of the half day of care wouldn't even be worth bringing her.... so I did not count on her showing up with her.
Due to my half day, I only had my nephew and my daughter. You can imagine my shock when mom showed up with DCG. Still lethargic. Still not eating or drinking. She passes her off and says oh good you don't have a full house. She says she did eat last night and took some juice but didn't want much this morning. She will just probably sleep the whole time since she's only here a half day so she can just stay in bed and she leaves.
So, I'm absolutely fuming.... as she is telling me this... and even more so after she has left. Obviously I should have told her to turn around and take her child with her but I did not. Big mistake. They pay on time (Monday mornings). I usually don't have a ton of problems with them at all. Just little things here and there. Mom and dad are (last I knew) together but they do not live together. His car stopped working about a month ago. I have no seen him in a month because he has no car to pick her up and drop her off but they do pay on time and ensure I have all her supplies on time.
The only reason I let her stay yesterday was because it was just my daughter and nephew and it was only a half day and she probably was going to sleep the whole time. I should not have opened that can of worms even still I know, but I did. So she did sleep until 11:00. I got her up to feed her. (She was leaving by 12:30). She screamed the whole time. She didn't want to eat. She didn't want to drink. She just wanted to be held and shrieked even then. Mom comes in and she is sobbing. I told her there was no way I was going to be able to watch her until she makes a huge turn around. She says, "well we will just see what the doctor has to say this afternoon and I will give you a call whether she will be here tomorrow...."
I said, "No, you don't understand. I cannot watch her at all tomorrow. I'm sorry but she is just way too sick."
Her face turned about 3 shades of PO'ed. She was just like, "She's no work. She doesn't have to be out she can just stay in bed because all she wants to do is sleep." I explained that "whatever she has is clearly contagious. She hasn't run a fever and two of them have it." I said, "on top of it, she is excessively clingy when she is up. She's lethargic. She's not eating or drinking and of the two days she's been here I've changed two BARELY damp diapers. I can't have her up with the other kids. I'm not sacrificing my break to spend time with her when none of the other kids are up ...have to disinfect everything before they GET up and (not that it matters) but I have a 5 week old child starting part time tomorrow and there is no way I can watch her."
She tells me that dad will just have to watch her tomorrow then in a not so pleasant demeanor turns around a leaves without even saying goodbye. So I hear nothing today. I emailed mom at work. No response so I'm thinking either she's still ticked off at me or she ended up having to stay home.
I just get an email from dad that they had to admit her to the hospital and she will be in for 2-7 days in ICU. They are doing a slew of tests. They have no idea what's wrong yet and he asked for me to give him a break on the paying me due to how much they are looking at in hospital bills and he clearly can't afford to even get his car fixed or a new one.
While I'm concerned about the child, I'm still ticked off about yesterday....
Clearly it was my fault for letting her come at all yesterday. Now I'm thinking since I had two offenders this week and one different one two weeks ago I'm going to have to repost my sick policy. A child in the hospital and still being brought here ... obviously these parents need to WAKE UP!
What should I do about the "break" in payments? Obviously they pay me on time. I want to be accommodating because I usually don't have issues but I need to lay some VERY firm groundwork while doing this that this does not happen again.
BTW the other child came back today and he is acting normal.
One said that she would have her mom watch him the following day while leaving which was great. She should have done that to begin with but I was just glad to not have the argument.
The other said that she had her 13 month check up Tuesday afternoon (which she scheduled because I was only open a half day for my kid's own wellness check ups). So she would see how she was in the morning and let me know if she would be ok to bring. Neither gave me a hard time about actually picking them up sick. Neither child was running a fever at any point but they were both lathargic, not eating or drinking and wanted to sleep. If they were awake the just wanted to be held and was nearly hysterical if they were not being held.
I should have told her not to bring her at all but I figured there was absolutely no way that she was going to have made that big of a turn around and be feeling good enough just by the look of her. I figured mom would realize the loss of the half day of care wouldn't even be worth bringing her.... so I did not count on her showing up with her.
Due to my half day, I only had my nephew and my daughter. You can imagine my shock when mom showed up with DCG. Still lethargic. Still not eating or drinking. She passes her off and says oh good you don't have a full house. She says she did eat last night and took some juice but didn't want much this morning. She will just probably sleep the whole time since she's only here a half day so she can just stay in bed and she leaves.
So, I'm absolutely fuming.... as she is telling me this... and even more so after she has left. Obviously I should have told her to turn around and take her child with her but I did not. Big mistake. They pay on time (Monday mornings). I usually don't have a ton of problems with them at all. Just little things here and there. Mom and dad are (last I knew) together but they do not live together. His car stopped working about a month ago. I have no seen him in a month because he has no car to pick her up and drop her off but they do pay on time and ensure I have all her supplies on time.
The only reason I let her stay yesterday was because it was just my daughter and nephew and it was only a half day and she probably was going to sleep the whole time. I should not have opened that can of worms even still I know, but I did. So she did sleep until 11:00. I got her up to feed her. (She was leaving by 12:30). She screamed the whole time. She didn't want to eat. She didn't want to drink. She just wanted to be held and shrieked even then. Mom comes in and she is sobbing. I told her there was no way I was going to be able to watch her until she makes a huge turn around. She says, "well we will just see what the doctor has to say this afternoon and I will give you a call whether she will be here tomorrow...."
I said, "No, you don't understand. I cannot watch her at all tomorrow. I'm sorry but she is just way too sick."
Her face turned about 3 shades of PO'ed. She was just like, "She's no work. She doesn't have to be out she can just stay in bed because all she wants to do is sleep." I explained that "whatever she has is clearly contagious. She hasn't run a fever and two of them have it." I said, "on top of it, she is excessively clingy when she is up. She's lethargic. She's not eating or drinking and of the two days she's been here I've changed two BARELY damp diapers. I can't have her up with the other kids. I'm not sacrificing my break to spend time with her when none of the other kids are up ...have to disinfect everything before they GET up and (not that it matters) but I have a 5 week old child starting part time tomorrow and there is no way I can watch her."
She tells me that dad will just have to watch her tomorrow then in a not so pleasant demeanor turns around a leaves without even saying goodbye. So I hear nothing today. I emailed mom at work. No response so I'm thinking either she's still ticked off at me or she ended up having to stay home.
I just get an email from dad that they had to admit her to the hospital and she will be in for 2-7 days in ICU. They are doing a slew of tests. They have no idea what's wrong yet and he asked for me to give him a break on the paying me due to how much they are looking at in hospital bills and he clearly can't afford to even get his car fixed or a new one.
While I'm concerned about the child, I'm still ticked off about yesterday....
Clearly it was my fault for letting her come at all yesterday. Now I'm thinking since I had two offenders this week and one different one two weeks ago I'm going to have to repost my sick policy. A child in the hospital and still being brought here ... obviously these parents need to WAKE UP!
What should I do about the "break" in payments? Obviously they pay me on time. I want to be accommodating because I usually don't have issues but I need to lay some VERY firm groundwork while doing this that this does not happen again.
BTW the other child came back today and he is acting normal.
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nope. 
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riiiiiiiiiiight She also said that I will need to start giving her all of her fluids in a bottle until she starts using a sippy cup better and that I need to be giving her juice to hydrate her which is not on my meal plan and I do not provide.
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